Places witchlifts Wants to Go

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

The site of the fossilized remains of some of Earth’s earliest primitive, microbial life forms.

For many people the Hungarian Parliament building is a must-see stop on any visit to the capital but there is an equally stunning replica hidden in a basement.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

An East German time capsule caters to nostalgic Germans and curious tourists.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A merry-go-round that became a rallying point for the early Civil Rights Movement.

A mile-long, three-tiered cave hidden under a Bahamian island, complete with cathedral-like formations, bat colonies, and graffiti going back to the 1870s.

A time capsule of life in Southern Florida in the 1930s.

A fur trade museum in western Nebraska stands on the reconstructed footprint of a 19th-century trading post.